Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)

9.0/10 150 min Documentary History

Overview

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, through his rise in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, to his 1965 assassination.

Cast

Alfre Woodard

Narrator

Maya Angelou

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Ossie Davis

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Alex Haley

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Mike Wallace

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